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BY GABRIEL VIARDOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1880,
Details
A French giltmetal and bronze-mounted ivory-inlaid mahogany vitrine**,
by Gabriel Viardot, Paris, circa 1880,
the pediment centred by a dragon, above a glazed door and velvet-lined shelved interior, with an arcaded shelf to the left side supported by a crane, the lower part with two drawers, above a cupboard door and an open shelf, on plinth base, inscribed to the left side G. Viardot, on block feet
66¼in. (168cm.) high; 34in. (86.5cm.) wide; 17in. (43cm.) deep
by Gabriel Viardot, Paris, circa 1880,
the pediment centred by a dragon, above a glazed door and velvet-lined shelved interior, with an arcaded shelf to the left side supported by a crane, the lower part with two drawers, above a cupboard door and an open shelf, on plinth base, inscribed to the left side G. Viardot, on block feet
66¼in. (168cm.) high; 34in. (86.5cm.) wide; 17in. (43cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's London, 29 October 1998, lot 133.
Special notice
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